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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [181] (195/226)
The record is made up of 1 volume (112 folios). It was created in 1933. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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CHAP. IX. ROUTES OMAN.
181
Action soil,
'ain witk easr
TAR,
m tlis
md; east of
ff&ter at 12
iel and canel
lirectioa east
;bout 3 ijik
r furtlier on,
spring in
icurs away):
rem skllof
id 2 lioiin,
2^ hours from FINS, village of SHABB
(15-20 houses) on edge of precipitous
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
bank.
bimmah—tiwi. j- hour from SHABB, TIWI (150 houses) ia
4i hps. o i foot. reached ; many palms : camping ground
south-east of village, level and extensive.
Water; from 20 wells at 10 feet, depth
of water 3^ feet. Fuel and camel graz
ing : scattered.
Route continues in general direction east
along coastal plain. Many wadis are
crossed and all are difficult. Between
Wadis " going " is easy. 2| hours after
TIWI, small village of HAIDHA is
passed (spelt HAIWA on Admiralty
chart) it lies ^ mile to right of tyack at
foot of mountains.
tiwi—kalhat . hours from TIWI, village of KALHA1
* -31 his. on foot. (115 houses): one large prominent tower
with garrison of two of Sultan s Askers
and two smaller unoccupied towers. A
ruined building south-east of village,
said to be relic of Persian occupation.
KALHAT is situated in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
of same
name, though also called
WADI
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
BENI
JABIR. Camping ground: east ot vil
lage: uneven and stony. Water: from
4 wells at 12 feet depth of water, 3 feet
slightly brackish.
Fuel and camel grazing: plentiful but
scattered.
Route continues in general direction south
east -going" easy. 2* hours from
KALHAT is HAFAR (a few poor huts
and well with 1 foot of water at 6 feet).
I hour from HAFAR, is RUHTA with two
wells with li feet of water at C feet^
Just before reaching BFLAD-ES-b
2m
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The volume is Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Oman (Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1933). The volume was produced by the General Staff, India. The place name Bahrain is rendered in the title and elsewhere in the volume in the spelling 'Bahrein'.
The volume contains information in separate sections for each of the places listed in the title under the following chapter headings:
- I Historical (ff 8-14);
- II Geography, Climate, Health (ff 15-54);
- III Population (ff 54-67);
- IV Water Supply; Resources (ff 68-70);
- V Armed Forces (ff 70-75);
- VI Aviation (ff 75-78);
- VII Political (ff 79-81);
- VIII Inter-Communication [wireless and telegraph] (ff 81-82);
- IX Communications [land routes] (ff 83-98).
There are three appendices, which follow the same format:
- I Currency, Weights and Measures (f 99-102);
- II Landing Facilities - Maritime (ff 103-106);
- III List of Maps (f 106).
The volume includes five maps of the region (ff 109-113).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (112 folios)
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There is a list of contents on ff 6-7, which contains an inaccuracy in the title and number of the last chapter.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 113 on the last of the five maps inserted in a pocket attached to the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. All five maps (ff 109, 110, 111, 112, 113) need to folded out to be examined. This is the system used to determine the sequence of pages in the volume.
Pagination: an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-198 appears between ff 8-106.
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- 'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:iii-r, ii-v, iv-r:iv-v, 1:4, 1:208, v-r:v-v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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